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Billiard m1511001 Table BallPocket. v No. 239,200. Patented March22,1881.

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GARDNER H. STONE, OF SYRAOUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMASW. MEAOHEM, OF SAME PLACE.

BILLIARD AND POOLTABLE BALL-POCKET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 239,200, dated March 22,1881.

Application filed February 7, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GARDNER H. STONE, of vSyracuse,in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of- New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Billiard and Pool Table Ball-Pockets, of which thefollowing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. isa full,clear, and exact description. The purpose of this invention is toprovide ro a cheap, strong, and durable pocket for billiard, pool, andother analogous game tables. Such pockets have heretofore usually beenmade of worsted or other netting, which is incapable of withstanding forany length of r 5 time the wear they are subjected to, and has proved asource of constantexpense in repairs and renewal of said pockets.

To obvia-te these defects and their resultant expense, my inventionconsists, essentially, of zo a pocket formed of a blank struck or cutout ot' leather or other strong and suitable sheet material, and in anydesired design, the bottom portion ot' the blank being formedfwithlingers or pendants, which are gathered around and secured to the usualcenter ring forming the bottom of the pocket, the upper edge of theblank being provided with eye1ets,for the usual attachment of the pocketto the covering of theguard-iron on` the table.

For a more specific description of my invention reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, in which similar letters indicate correspondingparts.

Figure 1 is a detached view of the pocket 3 5 complete. Fig. 2 shows aportion of the blank from which the pocket is formed, and" Fig. 3

is a corner of a billiard or pool table to which the pocket is attached.

The. letter A, Figs. l and 2, representsmy 4o improved pocketconstructed from the blank B of leather or other strong and suitablesheet material. Said blank may be of any desired design, cut or stampedout by a suitable die. The lower portion of the blank is provided with aseries of lingers or pendants, E,

which are perforated at their extremities, and,

by a cord rove through the same, gathered around and attached to thecommon center ring, c, to forni the bottom of the pocket, and

at the same time preserve the proper shape or 5o form when the same ismade up and applied to the table.

The upper outer part of the blank B is represented bythe letter D, Fig.2, and is provided with eyelets d, through which a lacing passes,servingto secure the outer upper part of rthe pocket to the usualcovering of the guardiron a on the table, as shown at Fig. 3.

The two side edges of -the blankB arelapped and united by cementing orother suitable 6o means, and the inner upper portion of the pocket thusformed is secured to the edge around the opening in the table b, Fig. 3,by tackin g it thereto.

` The upper outer portion of the pocket and the lower center piece arecovered in the usual manner with an ornamental fringe.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an article of manufacture, a pocket for billiard and pool tables,constructed from a blank stamped out of any suitable sheet material, andprovided with fingers or pendants which are gathered around the commoncenter ring and form the bottom of the pocket, substantially as shownand set forth.

2. The blank B, having its *lower portion formed with fingers E, and itsouter upper portion, D, provided with eyelets d, snbstan- 8o tially asand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal,in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the countyof Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 2d day of February, 1881.

GARDNER H. STONE.

Witnesses:

G. BENDrxoN,

WM. G. RAYMOND.

